A look back at the recent saga of quarterback Jay Cutler and the Broncos:

FEB. 28

News breaks the Tampa Bay Bucs are trying to acquire Broncos quarterback Jay Cutler in a trade for a first-round draft pick. In turn, the Broncos will trade the first-round pick to the New England Patriots for quarterback Matt Cassel. “I’m upset,” Cutler says in reaction.

“I mean, I’m really shocked at this point.”

The Broncos do not make the trade, and Cutler remains with the team. Cassel is shipped to the Kansas City Chiefs for a second-round draft pick.

McDaniels says Tampa Bay initiated the trade talks and the Broncos will not trade Cutler. “He’s not the only person in the last few days we’ve received calls on,” the coach says.

MARCH 1

Nuggets star Carmelo Anthony, himself the subject of trade rumors in the past, says: “You got to learn that it is a business.”

MARCH 2

The Broncos reach out to Cutler, but the Pro Bowl quarterback from Vanderbilt and the team remain distant, with Cutler in Nashville, Tenn., and the Broncos refusing comment.

The Broncos reiterate that Cutler will remain with the team and McDaniels soon will meet with the quarterback. “Josh and Jay will sit down and meet next week when Jay gets back from Nashville,” says team spokesman Patrick Smyth. “The Denver Broncos are not trading Jay Cutler. Period.”

MARCH 4

The Broncos sign Chris Simms to be Cutler’s backup.

MARCH 9

Cutler and Cook talk via a conference call with McDaniels, general manager Brian Xanders, owner Pat Bowlen and chief operating officer Joe Ellis. Cutler was in Nashville. The Broncos say it was a positive meeting and the possibility of a trade never came up. Cutler, according to a source, claims the call did not go well.

MARCH 14

Cutler at long last sits down with McDaniels in a meeting at Broncos headquarters along with his agent, with Xanders also in the meeting.

MARCH 14

Cutler, according to a source, says the meeting did not go well. Bowlen says he is disappointed in his quarterback and his coach being unable to end the feud, but more disappointed in Cutler. On Sunday night, Cutler instructs his agent, Bus Cook, to request a trade.

MARCH 15

Broncos owner Pat Bowlen makes his first public comments: “I’m disappointed in the whole picture, not just disappointed that we might lose our star quarterback.”

MARCH 16

McDaniels tells the players in his first team meeting he and management would deal with the Cutler situation and they should focus on their jobs.

MARCH 18

Bowlen challenged a claim made by agent Cook hat he had lied to Cutler, a Cook client. Cook said Bowlen told Cutler after Mike Shanahan was fired he would keep the offense intact, but Bowlen says he does not recall the conversation.

MARCH 24

Cutler and McDaniels were to speak by phone, with no agent or owner on the line, but exchanged only text messages.

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